Proud Plumbers

The Instiute of Plumbing South Africa (IOPSA) launched the 'Proud Plumber' campaign on World Plumbing Day (11 March).

How will this change people's and more IMPORTANTLY plumber's perceptions about themselves?

Is this a good idea or...  

Risk assessment

"Plumbers do not focus on what can go wrong", says Steve Brown at the World Plumbing Day event talking about risk assessments on jobs.

Do you look at the finer details or wait for disaster?

Multi-story building in Sandton saves big time on electricity

Looking for inspiration on how to save the majority of electricity cost for your hot water system? Maybe take a look at a project in Sandton:

The “Sandton-Eye” is a 19 story building opposite the Gautrain Station in Sandton, accommodating a Radisson Blu Hotel, retail and offices. The A/C chillers in the building were designed to run on full capacity for most of the year, and therefore created the opportunity to bring the produced heat in the system to a secondary use. A heat recovery system, designed by Spoormaker Consultants, transfers reject energy of the A/C plants into the hot water storage vessels.

This caters for about 90 percent of the building’s hot water requirements, and therewith significantly reduces the overall energy consumption. The excess amount is covered by electrical heating.

Plumbers under fire

The plumbing industry recently came under fire when MNET's magazine show Carte Blanche went undercover to see just how honest this industry is. The results proved horrific...

Click on the following link to watch the show and then post your comment on our blog and let us know what you think...

http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=4270&ShowId=5